Okie-dokie. No more sentences using the chiasmus pattern. Think of it this way: you will never forget this sentence pattern! In addition, in wrting in this pattern, you produced these memorable sentences:
- Ask not how capacious your country is, but how your country can be more capacious. -- Sarabeth
- Joe hated to be palpitated by the doctor and refused to remove his shirt; the doctor hated it when his patients made his job difficult. -- Ethan
- Don't ask someone to allay your fears; but ask if you can allay someone's fears. -- Josh
- Propitious seemed their plan, but it was flawed in reality. -- Nathan
- The didactic way she taught the class was classy in that it was didactic.--Zach
- The capacious room held many treasures, but the treasures were not held by the capacious room. -- Andrew
- His capacious stomach filled, in filling it was no long capacious. -- Amy
- The capacious countryside was said to be refreshing; after feeling refreshed, I left the capacious countryside. -- Tim Yan
- His heart palpitates when he is in love; and being in love makes the palpitations of his heart. -- Joy
- This didactic poetry will teach you a lesson, but the lesson will not be one on poetry. -- Julie
- The weather man claimed today would be propitious, but the unpropitious day proved him wrong. -- Emily
- Phlegmatic or apathetic people are boring; but not all boring people are phlegmatic. -- Ross
- The punishment was mitigated; the mitigation lessened the punishment. -- Rachel
- That which is diurnal is not always safe; but that which is safe is not always diurnal. -- Char
More soon.
-- Mrs. S.
P.S. Here is a picture for a t-shirt for ferroequinologists:
